Suits valued below Rs.2Cr can no longer be filed in the Delhi HC; For commercial matters lower limit is Rs.1Cr [Read Judgment]

Justice Valmiki J. Mehta in an order dated 6th November, 2015 clarified that in view of Delhi High Court (Amendment) Act, 2015 which was notified on 26th October, 2015 the Delhi High Court Registry can no longer accept for filing suits and commercial matters valued below Rs.2 crores and Rs.1 crore respectively.As per Sections 2 and 3 of the Delhi High Court (Amendment) Act, 2015 which...

State is duty bound to provide easy access to up-to-date Legal Information to its citizens; CIC pulls up Legislative Department in a complaint by Law Student [Read Order]

CIC orders to pay Rs.10000/- as a token compensation to the library of the National Law School of India University, Bangaluru, for causing loss of time of several law studentsIt is impossible for any Government to expect obedience to their Law without informing the people in legible form, the commission said.Chief Information Commission has held that State has a duty to inform citizens about...

#Improving Collegium; Send your suggestions to collegium-suggestions@gov.in or collegium-improvement@gov.in on or before13.11.2015

Supreme Court of India, upon hearing Senior Advocate Arvind Datar, Additional Solicitor General, Pinky Anand and Attorney General, Mukul Rohtagi have directed the Government to web-host the compilation of suggestions to improve collegium system and issue a public notice. The Court said that all those who desire to make suggestions may do so directly, on the website of Department of...

No Examination of witness can be permitted to prove legal misconduct of the Arbitrator; Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court has held that no witness examination is permissible, within the parameters of Sections 30 and 33 of the Arbitration Act, to prove a legal misconduct on the part of the arbitrator. Appeal filed by M/s Cochin Shipyard Ltd against the order of Single Judge of the High Court of Kerala granting liberty to the M/s Apeejay Shipping Ltd. to substantiate its objection preferred...

Delhi High Court directs Union Govt to fill 3 vacancies of Information Commissioners within 6 weeks [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has asked the Central Government to fill three vacancies of Information Commissioners within six weeks. A Division bench of Chief Justice G.Rohini and Justice R.S. Endlaw, passed this order in a Public Interest Litigation, filed alleging inaction on the part of the Union Government in filling up the vacancies of Chief Information Commissioner and three...

Uphaar Case: CBI, Victim Association file review in SC against letting off Ansal brothers lightly [Read Petition]

The CBI and victims association today moved the Supreme Court against the “shocking” August 19 decision of the court to let off theatre owners Gopal and Sushil Ansal, convicted in the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy which claimed 59 lives, after considering the period they had already undergone in the prison as their sentence and imposing a fine of Rs 30 crore each.The CBI and the...

SC notice to successful candidates of Delhi judicial exam; naming of ex-judge for revaluation deferred

The probe into irregularities in the Delhi Judicial Services (Mains) exam 2014 took an altogether new twist with the Supreme Court making it clear that it would like to hear 15 successful candidates before appointing a retired judge of the apex court to revalue papers.A bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Prafullah C  Pant issued notices to the 15 candidates through the Registrar General...

SC denies Bail to Hardik Patel; Directs Gujarat Police to finish probe in sedition case within 45 days

Patidhar agitation leader Hardik Patel suffered a major setback when the Supreme Court today refused him bail and asked the Gujarat police to complete probe in a sedition case against him within 45 days.A bench of Justice J S Khehar and Justice R Banumathi restrained the police from filing a chargesheet against him till the next date of hearing that is January 5.The evidence with the police is...

A Muslim cannot be prosecuted for Bigamy (S.494 IPC) in the absence of UCC; Gujarat HC suggests to shun Polygamy which is a misinterpretation of Quran [Read Judgment]

Polygamy is not encouraged in Islam and is an exception and not a Rule. It is for the maulvis and Muslim men to ensure that they do not abuse the Quranic injunctions to justify the heinously patriarchal act of polygamy in self-interest, the court observed.Gujarat High Court held that a Muslim cannot be prosecuted be prosecuted for Bigamy [S.494 IPC] in the absence of a Uniform Civil...

Supreme Court upholds Online Lottery ban by Kerala Govt. [Read Judgment]

The Apex Court observed that Lotteries “infests the whole community; it enters every dwelling; it reaches every class; it preys upon the hard earnings of the poor; it plunders the ignorant and the simple.” Treating the Online Lotteries as separate class, the court observed that gullible will remain glued (to online lotteries) and there is every likelihood of purchase of tickets...

SC transfers Virbhadra DA case plea from Himachal to Delhi HC

In a setback to Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, the Supreme Court today transferred from Himachal Pradesh High Court to Delhi High Court a plea filed by him in a disproportionate assets case.“We are not expressing any opinion on the merits of the case but simply transferring the petition to Delhi High Court in the interest of justice and to save the institution from any embarrassment”,...

Judges Appointment; Mechanism for investigating Complaints against proposed Candidates suggested [Read the Compiled Suggestions]

The report submitted by senior lawyer Arvind Datar and ASG Pinky Anand compiling more than 60 suggestions papers submitted by legal luminaries towards improving collegium system said whenever a complaint against candidate for judgeship is found prima-facie correct, it should be referred to the executive for investigationIt said there is a strong need to make an outright rejection of anonymous...